Radiator-mounting for automobiles.



e. A. WEiQELY. RADIATOR MOUNTING TFQR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 22. 1913- Patented Jan. 22, 1918.

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RADIATOR-MQUNTING FUR- AUTfiMOBIL-ES.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Jan. 22, 1918,

Application filed November 22, 1913 Serial. No. 802,375.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnome A. WEIDELY, a citizen-of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Radiator-Mounting for Automobiles, of Which the following is a specification.

It has heretofore been customary, .in mounting radiators for internal combustion engines in automobiles, to support the radiator upon the chassis frame and connect the induction and eduction passages thereof by flexible connections with the Water spaces of the engine. Such a construction results in many disadvantages and the object of my present invention is to avoid these difiiculties by separating the radiator from the it directly to the engine so that permanent and rigid connections may be made whereby the radiator will partake oi the various vibrations of the engine.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. Figure 1 is a side elevation in partial vertical section of an engine having its radiator mountedin my improvcd manner; Fig. 2 a fragmentary front elevation showing the chassis frame in transverse section.

In the drawings, indicates the chassis frame and 11 indicates the engine frame or main body connected at its forward end to the frame 10 by means of bolts 13. The exact manner of connection of the engine body with the chassis frame is immaterial.

Projected from the lower part of the water space of the engine 11 is a shelf 14; be neath which is an extension 15 ot' the lower part of the water space of engine 11 and to this shelf I directly bolt the bottom of the radiator 16 by any suitable means, such,

- for instance, as the bolts 17, and to the chamber 15 is connected the usual circulating uinp 18 of any desired type. Attached to t e induction opening 19 of thewater chamber of the engine is a hollow standard or fitting 21 provided at its upper end with a plate 22 bymeans of which the upper end of the radiator 16 may be attached to the bracket 21, said bracket thus forming a support for the upper end of the radiator as well as awatcr connection for the flow of the heated water from the engine to the radiator.

By this arrangement, the radiator may be firmly bolted in place yet may be readily detached from the engine, the shelf 1% being attached to the engine by readily accessible bolts 23 and the hollow standard 21 being similarly attached to the engine body by the readily accessible bolts 24-.

I claim as my invention:

The combination, in a motor vehicle, of a main frame, an internal combustion engine carried by the main frame and provided with a water chamber having induction and eduction openings a chambered shelf associated with the induction openings of the engine water chamber, a radiator supported upon said shelf and having its eduction opening associated with the charm ber of said shelf, and a tubular bracket forming a connection between the induction opening of the radiator and the eduction opening of the engine water chamber, said tubular bracket supporting the upper end of the radiator.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 11th day of November, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

ononon a. eminent.

Witnesses FRANK A. FAHLE, MAY Leeann. 

